Interdisciplinary Approaches to Law

My work has explored the relationship between the legal and sociological study of religion.

This was the focus of my monograph Religion, Law and Society (Cambridge University Press, 2014) within the Cambridge Studies of Law and Society. This argued for increased collaboration between legal and sociological approaches to religion provided that the unique contributions of each discipline is preserved.

Recent work has focused upon the merits and possibilities of interdisciplinary work generally in Law. This has included the edited work The Confluence of Law and Religion and publications on Law and Religion that focus on philosophical approaches and the Handbook of the Interdisciplinary Study of Law and Religion which includes historical, sociological, political and theological perspectives.

I am Series Editor of Analysing Leading Works in Law published by Routledge. This book series will look at how particular legal sub-disciplines have developed by exploring the leading works that have shaped, developed and on occasions confined fields of study: Further details

Examples:

• R Sandberg, ‘Church-State Relations in Europe: From Legal Models to an Interdisciplinary Approach’ (2008) Journal of Religion in Europe 1 (3) , pp. 329-352

 

• R Sandberg and R Catto, ‘Law and Sociology: Toward a Greater Understanding of Religion’ (2010) In: Doe, C. N. and Sandberg, R. eds. Law and Religion: New Horizons. Law and Religion Studies, Vol. 7. Leuven: Peeters, pp. 275-298.